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The Library Networking Group is the electronic Meeting Space for libraries and the information profession.

The challenges raised by ever-changing ideas, fresh perspectives and marketplace developments are being met by us every day. The continuing need to develop techniques and skills that keep us abreast of change are leading us to new solutions that we need to talk about. The pressure to share our best practices and, more importantly, our developing thoughts have led to the creation of Library Networking Group on-line community.

The Group Web site provides a stimulating and fun variety of ways to share.

Articles about timely and compelling issues Networking Groups on topics you choose and groups you can run
Archives designed to capture best practices and procedures
Events to capture the colour & flavour of local programs that demonstrate your library's initiatives
Forums to share ideas that affect all types of libraries Books that pull together the ideas of you and your colleagues into projects and documents
Blogs to explore thoughts and ideas that are on your mind Webcasts that show how you promote your brand, your services, your programs
PODcasts that capture the current thinking of prominent library leaders Tried & Tested programs and book titles that match your needs and your audiences

More ways to share will be added as you ask for them.



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10 Qualities To Look For in a New Library Trustee


Submitted by Administrator on Wed, 2010-03-10 23:45. Public Libraries
By : Ian Hunter

Next year in Ontario, newly elected municipal councils will be appointing their library board members. Given that the appointments are for four years (2011 through 2014), it is particularly important that the best possible people are selected. Too often, library trustees are chosen for reasons that don’t adequately address the needs of the position. The rationale may include being a frequent library visitor, a published author, a bibliophile, a municipal or business leader, or a former librarian. While these factors may enhance a person’s candidacy for being on the board, they don’t sufficiently address some fundamental trustee attributes that a library and municipal council should be seeking.

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The Mental Geography of Ebooks


By : Tony Horava

So much has been written about ebooks: it’s hard to keep track! For a change let’s look at ebooks from a very different light – not the budgeting and licensing challenges, not the access problems, not the integration issues that we all face in our daily lives. Let’s take a more conceptual and cultural approach. How are ebooks viewed by scholars and other professionals who are facing a sea change in research and scholarship?

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